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Casino details should be revealed: Greens

The NSW government should reveal the identity of the party to an agreement under James Packer's Barangaroo casino licence, the Greens say.

The name has been blacked-out on a document held by the state's gambling regulator, apparently due to commercial sensitivity reasons.

"There are serious public policy questions about who the company is, what has been agreed to and how it will affect the operations of the casino," upper house MP John Kaye said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Greens will move a motion in state parliament next week calling for all the agreements related to the casino licence to be released under privilege.

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It comes after the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority released documents outlining how the "restricted gaming facility" will operate when it opens in November 2019.

Most of the information on the VIP Gaming Management Agreement - covering eight agreements between Mr Packer's Crown Resorts and the NSW government - was available, barring one name which was blacked out.

"If this is entirely innocent, then the government should be happy to allow upper house MPs to see the documents," Dr Kaye said.

The gaming authority said the information in the document would be commercially damaging to the licensee.

"The public interest doesn't outweigh the potential harm of disclosure," it said in a statement.

Premier Mike Baird said the government would soon release details for all of the contracts it has signed for the Barangaroo project.

"There's no secrets," he told reporters.

"I know the Greens like to talk about conspiracy and secrets but there is none, as much as they look."